Device for channeling fluid and methods of use

A system, comprising:

• a housing comprising a compartment, the housing adapted to be maintained in position on a skin surface for one or more days and including an opening positioned to substantially surround an insertion site on the skin surface;
• a sensor with at least a portion of the sensor adapted to be placed under the skin surface, the insertion site substantially corresponding to a transcutaneous location of the sensor on the skin surface;
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• an absorbent material provided substantially within the compartment and configured to draw fluid away from the sensor, across the opening and into the housing.

A method, comprising:

• positioning a housing including a compartment on a skin surface, the housing adapted to be maintained on the skin surface for one or more days, wherein the housing further includes an opening positioned to substantially surround an insertion site on the skin surface;
• positioning at least a portion of an analyte sensor, a cannula or both an analyte sensor and a cannula under the skin surface at the insertion site;
• removing one or more introducers used for positioning the portion of the analyte sensor, the cannula or both the analyte sensor and the cannula under the skin surface from the insertion site;
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• drawing a fluid substantially away from the sensor and from the insertion site of the patient skin surface using an absorbent material provided substantially within the compartment of the housing to a location inside the housing after the removal of the one or more introducers from the insertion site.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an analyte sensor;
• a base for retaining a transmitter in electrical contact with the analyte sensor when at least a portion of the analyte sensor is placed under a skin surface and a sensor introducer is removed from the skin surface, the base positionable entirely above the skin surface;
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• at least one compartment for retaining biological fluid away from the analyte sensor, the at least one compartment positioned at a periphery of the base.

A system, comprising:

• a housing wholly positionable on a skin surface, the housing comprising an opening positioned to substantially surround an insertion site on the skin surface and comprising at least one fluid channel entirely within the housing;
• a sensor substantially located at the insertion site, wherein the at least one channel is configured to wick fluid away from the sensor;
• an introducer coupled to the sensor configured to place the sensor at the insertion site so that at least a portion of the sensor is placed under the skin surface upon removal of the introducer from the insertion site;
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• a transmitter unit coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the sensor.